The most expensive player to play for Burnley

[Vegas Claret]

will that be Mr Drinkwater ? I can't think of anyone else that cost 35 million

[tim_noone]

will that be Mr Drinkwater ? I can't think of anyone else that cost 35 million

I'm sure we sold one for around £30 million much preferable way of Doing Business. And yes probably.

[martin_p]

Guess it’s all relative. We’ve had a surprising number of players play for us who have at one time held the British transfer record the first being Bob Kelly when we sold him to Sunderland for a record £6,500. Other players who have gone for record amounts after or before playing for Burnley are, Tommy Lawton, Steve Daley, Trevor Steven, Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne and Andy Cole.

[Vegas Claret]

yeah, would be interesting if someone could manage to work out it in a relative way - way beyond my mathematics capabilities !

[tim_noone]

Got to be Steve Daley....edit. I'm way off.

[Burnleyareback2]

I still remember the shock when we bought Ian Moore for £1m.
I also remember laughing with disbelief when I saw a rumour about us paying £3.5m for Andre Bikey.

It’s unbelievable how far we have come as a club.

[ClaretTony]

I still remember the shock when we bought Ian Moore for £1m.
I also remember laughing with disbelief when I saw a rumour about us paying £3.5m for Andre Bikey.

It’s unbelievable how far we have come as a club.

Ian Moore for a million. We thought we’d paid the earth and got someone special. We’d certainly paid the earth.

[fidelcastro]

I'm sure we sold one for around £30 million much preferable way of Doing Business. And yes probably.

Who did we sell for £30 Million?

[fidelcastro]

Ian Moore for a million. We thought we’d paid the earth and got someone special. We’d certainly paid the earth.

Aye, but he was guaranteed to get you 15 goals a season!

[SonofPog]

Who did we sell for £30 Million?

Michael Keane, 25m rising to 30m

[tim_noone]

Who did we sell for £30 Million?

No one.....but we could receive £30 million for keane.

[fidelcastro]

Michael Keane, 25m rising to 30m

Was it so much?

Good Heavens

[COYC73]

Tarkowksi.....release clause is set at £50million

[NRC]

In constant currency wouldn’t that be Kevin Reeves.

[Rowls]

Accumulative transfers might be Ade Akinbiyi?

[deanothedino]

Tarkowksi.....release clause is set at £50million

But no one has paid it yet.

Guess it’s all relative. We’ve had a surprising number of players play for us who have at one time held the British transfer record the first being Bob Kelly when we sold him to Sunderland for a record £6,500. Other players who have gone for record amounts after or before playing for Burnley are, Tommy Lawton, Steve Daley, Trevor Steven, Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne and Andy Cole.

But Bob Kelly never played for us when he cost £6,500. Any who were a record after leaving us can't count.

[Herts Clarets]

Ian Moore for a million. We thought we’d paid the earth and got someone special. We’d certainly paid the earth.

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[Vegas Claret]

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nearly spat my coffee out !!

[Inchy]

Ian Moore for a million. We thought we’d paid the earth and got someone special. We’d certainly paid the earth.

Like a dog trapping a balloon.

[ClaretTony]

nearly spat my coffee out !!

Can't remember which game it was now but Moore should have scored in the first minute of a game at the Bee Hole End but failed to control the ball and I used the phrase 'dog with a balloon' in my match report. DavePTClaret posted on the board that on reading it he'd just spilled a cup of hot coffee all over his lap.

[AndyClaret]

Crouchy has gone for a bob or 2 over his career.

[martin_p]

But no one has paid it yet.



But Bob Kelly never played for us when he cost £6,500. Any who were a record after leaving us can't count.

True, but presumably he was worth £6,500 when he played his last game for us as that’s what we sold him for. The other players were on their way up or on their way down when they played for us, Kelly was at his peak and for a brief time Burnley were on the receiving end of the British record transfer fee. For that reason I think Kelly is the (relatively) most expensive player we’ve ever had.

[Woonderbah]

There's a young lad already amongst us who's value will snowball and eclipse any previous BFC transfer figure.
Dwight McNeil.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Ian Moore for a million. We thought we’d paid the earth and got someone special. We’d certainly paid the earth.

Which would you say was more puzzling

We paid a lot but hoped he may be good without knowing

or

Selling him knowing he wasn't and actually got a few quid for him

[Selby Claret]

How much were Akinbiyi's total transfer fees before we signed him....? (Does that count?)

[Selby Claret]

Crouchy has gone for a bob or 2 over his career.

£50m+ apparently

[bfcjg]

Cheapest has to be Diego Penny.

[Petersa]

Alan Stevenson was a record transfer fee for keeper when he signed about 50k + if memory serves. With Kepa at Chelsea 79m ? .......food for thought